Krishna Cottage

About Krishna Cottage

Krishna Cottage is a 2004 Bollywood Horror film directed by the debuting director Santram Varma. It was produced by the mother-daughter team of Ekta Kapoor and Shobha Kapoor, better known for producing Indian television soap operas, and starred Sohail Khan, Anita Hassanandani, and Ishaa Koppikar in the leading roles. The film opens at a function celebrating the launch of a book by Professor Siddharth Das (Rajendranath Zutshi). The professor explains that the book has nine and a half love stories; the last story is unfinished because the professor was never able to think of an ending. The professor donates a copy of the book to JC College. The college principal removes the book from the library and places it in an abandoned storeroom.

A group of close college friends all attend JC College: Manav (Sohail Khan); Shanti (Natassha), his fiancee; Kabir; Akshay; Nupur; and Talli. Things change however, when Disha (Isha Koppikar) arrives to the college. Disha is a stunning beauty, and catches Manav's eye. Although Manav is engaged to Shanti, he finds himself strangely drawn to Disha. Disha gradually gets close to Manav, which perturbs Shanti. Manav explains that he feels strangely protective of Disha but that his real love is Shanti.

Strange, telekinetic events transpire at Manav and Shanti's engagement, one of which nearly kills Disha. When the group drives Disha home, their car breaks down and they are forced to spend the night at an old halfway house, Krishna Cottage. The peculiar events intensify at Krishna Cottage, and two of the friends are nearly killed. Disha explains that the spirit of her dead boyfriend, Amar Khanna, is the one causing these supernatural occurrences. One day, Talli picks up Professor Siddharth Das's book and gives it to Nupur, who reads it that evening. She discovers that the book exposes a sinister connection between Amar Khanna and the college, and calls Talli in fright, but is murdered by a mysterious force. Talli takes the book and comes back to the college campus, but finds Kabir murdered there.

Talli overhears a conversation between Professor Siddharth Das and the college principal. The professor explains that the book is jinxed and brings doom. He cautions the principal that it must be destroyed. Shanti arrives at Disha's home, wanting to confront her about Manav. She meets Disha's mother and asks for Disha. Disha's mother reveals the twist: Disha has been dead for 22 years. Stunned, Shanti runs away and is pursued by Disha's spirit, finally collapsing on the highway. When she awakens, she finds herself at the home of a noted astrologer and seance medium named Sunita Menon (Rati Agnihotri), surrounded by the rest of her friends. Sunita performs a seance that invokes Disha's spirit. The spirit works through Sunita's body and angrily exclaims its quest for the death of the kids.